Brake



Dec. 9, 1941. H. w. PRICE BRAKE vFiled June 1'7, 1938 INVENTOR. BY HeizoLo v0. Pmcer ATTORNEY- H. W. PRICE Dec. 9, 1941.

BRAKE Filed June 17, 1938 l 4 Sheets-Shea?I 2 Dec. 9, 1941.

BRAKE l vFiled June 1'7, 1958 f 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 N 00 3; 'a 0% N N N I I Il i v- O N Q a .v a

ATTORNEY:

H. w. PRICE u 2,265,546 l Patented Dec.'9,

UNITED STATES,v PATENT OEI-ICE l2,265,541: Ham. `Price, sonulennd. Ind., asslgnor to Products Corporation, Ind., a corporation of Indiana South Bend,

Anuman .im 1'1, 193s, serial No. 214,236

(ci. v18s- 152) I 6 Claims.- This invention relates to brakes and more particularly to improvements in internal valve, vacuum operated power cylinders and reaction hookups for operating brakes.

An object of the invention is to provide such a cylinder which can be mounted in an exposed position on the under side of a vehicle without danger that it will accumulate foreign material therein and become inoperative.

Another object is to provide a novel and. effective method of securing and sealing an end of a boot of rubber or the like.

Still another object is to provide eifective means for securing a head in such a cylinder.

Another object is to provide a novel reactive hookup withan internal valve cylinder.

The above and other objects and desirable particular constructions will become apparent upon reference to the following detailed description of certain embodiments of my invention shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of my novel hookup and cylinder;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of my novel cylinder:

Figure 3 is an end view on a larger scale of the cylinder of Figure 2;

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are diagrams showing the operation of the valves of my novel cylinder; and

Figure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of my novel cylinder.

Referring to Figure 1 there is shown a brake pedal Il pivoted at l2 on a fixed portion of the vehicle chassis. Pivoted on the pedal at I4 is a power lever Il provided at one end with a slot I8 surrounding the pedal pivot I2 to provide lost motion betweenthe pedal and the lever and secured at its other end by a pivot 28 to a clevis 22 threadedly secured to the forward end of the piston rod 24 of my novel power cylinder 26. The power cylinder 28 is swingably supported at its rearward end by a pivot 28 secured to a bracket J8 on the vehicle chassis.

Pivoted to the power lever at 22 is a piston rod 34 of a standard master cylinder 38 mounted on a fixed part of the chassis and adapted upon rearward motion of the piston rod to supply iluid under pressure through conduits 38 to brakes 48 to apply them.

'I'he pedal III has secured thereto or integrally formed therewith. a valve lever 42 which substantially parallels the power lever I8 and exsaid lever I8'to pivotally engage a valve rod `44 positioned concentricallyin the piston rod 24.

This engagement is accomplished through a link 46 -(see Figure 2) pivoted on the end of the valve rod at 48 and having at its other end a long sleeve 68 surrounding the pivot pin 28 to provide lost motion and which sleeve is received in ajournal formed in the end of said 4valve lever. l. .A coil spring 52 is connected between a bracket 54 and the valve lever 42 to hold itA and the pedal in released position and a similar spring 68 is secured to the power lever I8 at the pivot 82 and serves to hold it and the master cylinder piston rod 3,4 in released position.

The vehicle has the usual internal combustion engine 80 with an induction pipe or intake manifold ,62 which provides a source of vacuum connectedby aconduit 64 to a port 86 (see Figure 2) in the rearward end of the cylinder 28. n x

Referring now to Figure 2, my novel cylinder comprises a cup-shaped stamping 68 provided at its closed end with an internally threaded fitting 18 which formsA the vacuum port 68 and a centrally positioned bracket 12 receiving the pivot pin 28.

The `other end of the stamping 68 isclosed by a die-cast vhead 14 secured therein by novel means. The head is formed with a cylindrical portion 18 tting closely -within the end of the cup and a narrowradial flange 18 iltting against the end of the cup wall, and this ange is held securely against the end of the cup by means of a plurality of hook-bolts 80, the threaded ends of which pass through ears of a stamped spider 82 (see Figure 3) resting against the closed end of the cylinder and are there secured by nuts 84.

The head 14 is provided with an integral bearing sleeve 86 through which the piston rod projects into the cylinder. Suitable sealing devices 88 are provided in this sleeve for sealing against leakage of air past the piston rod.

The inner end of the piston rod'is threaded and has secured thereto by means of nuts 80, a piston82. The piston 92 is urged toward the left or brake released position by means of a tapered coil spring 84. y

Secured to the outer face of the cylinder head 14 by means of screws or the like is a die-cast cover member 96. A heavy rubber gasket 88 provides a seal between the cover and the head. The cover is formed with an annular groove |00 around which is stretched a thickened annular end |02` of A a.bellowslike boot |84 of rubber or tends between furcations of the lower part of similar material, and the other end |88 of the which lflits tightly to the piston'rod. `l`The-end III of the boot is stretched over one of the steel washers Ill and seated in the resulting groove wise direction tending formed by the two steel washers lll, and the c,

rubber washer I2.

The piston ma u is formed with bore m lwhich is enlarged at its'forward end to form `a shoulder against which'a seall I I5 for sealing the' valve rod 44 is secured by means of asnap ring III. Further sealing is provided by anannular,

boot ||3 of resilient materialhaving one end stretched around the rod 44 and the other end strefchedvarolmd a groove on theouter surface of the end of the pistonrod 24.

The rear end ofthe bore |4 is 'enlarged to form'avalve chamber containing a spool-shaped valve member |28V connected to the valve rod 44 and urged toward the left or o "hposition by a coil sp`1'lng |22. Y e

A port 4'|24 provides communication between the space forward of the piston 92 and the valve .chamberand one nange |26 of the valve mem- `ber isadapted to `be 'moved forwardly or rearwardly of this port to admit vacuumfroni they rearward side of the piston 32' orI air from the forward end of the piston rod boref||4 to said space.` 'Ihe other flange |2 8 -of the spool valve member |20 merely acts 'as aguide and is perforated by an annular row yof vholes |31 to permit free flow of `air.thereby. Y.

I prefer to form the valve-flange |26 lwith a slightly tapered 'portion |32 to providea meter-` ing eect on thejairside; see Figure 5."

i1-11s admitted to the forward side `of "the valve'from an air cleaner |34 (see Figure 1)w positionedjabove the oor boards |35 ofthe motor vehicle andcommunicating with the'sp'ace |38 between theA cylinder head *14 and the cover member. by means of a tube |40. Air filtering material may also be placed in the space |3l.

lThe air passes from the space |33 to the space |42 between vthe boot |l4 `and theipiston rod I24 from which it enters the bore ||4 in the piston rodv through a seriesofopenings |44 arranged so that they are forward of the bearingsleeve 8 6 when the piston' is in its rearmost position.

Figures 1,v 2 and 4 show the partsjfof my novel cylinder and hookup in vtheir brake released position.l In this position admitted to the rear of the cylinder by thepart 56; passes to the front of the piston 'S2 through the' port |24 and theV pressures of the piston are therefore substantially balanced and thefpistonremains forward under the influence of the spring 84. In operation, the pedal Il is depressed. The lost motion between the power lever I5 and the'pivot I2 permits the pedalto move and swing the the brakes, and at the same time. through the pivot I4 force the pedal upwardly with a great` 1y reduced forceproportionate Yto the force exerted by the power cylinder in the ratio of the distance between pivot 2l and pivot 32 and pivot |4 and pivot 32. t

If the operator ceasestodepress the pedal Il i itwill be seen that the piston andr the piston pact and simple and that it providesv accurately proportioned followup and'reaction. f

It will also be noted that my novel construction efliciently prevents ingress of foreign mat-l ter to the interior ,of the cylinder. The modified cylinder of Figure? is substan- .tially-thesame as that just-'described and correspending parts have the same reference nuniei v als plus 2|l0.` The main diil'eren'ce is that the valve is somewhatv modified.I A sleeve is pressed into the bore 3|4 to form one valve seat andv aA cap' |52 having a'. central aperture is screwed over the end of thefpiston rod 224 toY formanother valve seat with the ports 324` between the twol seats. jA pair of valve members |54 of resilient material are slidably positioned on the valve rod between the two seats'and are urged toward seating engagementwiththe seats by a coiled spring |56 compressed between the inner facesthereof.

Apair of abutments |58 ixed on the valve rod adjacent the outer rfaces ofthe valve members are spaced so that in one position both valve members yare seated on their respective seats and when the valve rod is moved in' one direction or the other, one or the other valve member is lifted fromits seat.

It does not seem necessary to describe the operation of this valve and cylinder further in view of the previous description of the`cylinder of Figure2.

While various embodiments of my invention have been described in detailr it is not my intentiontobe limited to those embodiments or otherwise vthan by the terms of the appended claims.'

What'I claim is:

1. 'A brake power cylinder hookup comprising a pivoted pedal, a power lever pivoted on said pedal at one end, a power cylinder having a piston rod valve lever 42 in acountercloclrwise direction without applying the brakes. The valve rodf44 is therefore moved toward the "rear and kthe iiange |26 ofthe valve member |20 is moved first'to cut off the' port |24 and then to open it to the air in the piston rod shown iny Figure 5. The -air flows into the space forward of the piston 92through thisiport and forces'the piston rearwardly.v The rearward movement of the piston moves the'power lever It in a counterclockintermediate the ends thereof and closer to the pivotal connection'of the lever and pedal, a valve for controlling the power cylinder positioned in the piston rod, a valve rod. and a lever secured iixedly to said pedal and pivotally engaging said valve rod. j A

2. A brake power cylinder hookup comprising a pivoted pedal, a power lever pivotedv on said pedal at one end, a power cylinder having a piston rod connected to the other end of the power lever. brake applying means engaged by the power lever intermediate the ends thereof and closer to the pivotal connection ofthe lever' and pedal,v a valve to" fere the pistn rod for controlling the power cylinder positioned in the piston rod, a valve rod, and a lever secured xedly to said pedal and pivotally engaging said valve rod, -said valve rod being arranged concentrically in said piston rod and said power lever being forked to receive therebetween the end of the valve lever for engagement with said valve rod.

3. A brake power cylinder hookup comprising a pivoted pedal, a power lever pivoted on said pedal at one end, a power cylinder having a piston rod connected to the other end of the power lever, brake applying means engaged by the power lever intermediate the ends thereof and closer to the pivotall connection of the lever and pedal, a valve for controlling the power cylinder positioned in the piston rod, a valve rod, and a lever secured xedly to said pedal and pivotally engaging said valve rod, said valve lever and said power lever being provided with springs urging them toward released position.

.4. A brake power cylinder hookup comprising a pivoted pedal, a power lever pivoted on said pedal at one end, a 4power cylinder having a piston rod connected to the other end of the power lever, a hydraulic master cylinder, a piston reciprocable in said cylinder, a piston rod connected to said piston and connected to the power lever intermediate the ends thereof and closer to the pivotal connection of the lever and pedal, a valve for controlling the power cylinder positioned in the power cylinder piston rod, a valve rod for actuating the said valve, and a lever secured xedly to `said pedal and pivotally engaging said valve rod.

5. A brake power cylinder hookup comprising a pivoted pedal, a power lever, a power cylinder having a piston rod connected to one end of the power lever, a. pivotal connection between the power lever and the pedal at a point between the pedal pivot and the lever to piston rod connection, brake applying means engaged by the power lever intermediate the ends thereof and closer to the pivotal connection of the lever and pedal, a valve for controlling the power cylinder positioned in the piston rod, a valve rod, and a lever secured xedly to said pedal and pivotally engaging said valve rod.

6. A brake power cylinder hookup comprising a pivoted pedal lever, a power lever pivoted on said pedal at a point on the opposite side of said pedal lever pivot from the pedal portion of the said pivoted pedal lever, a power cylinder having a piston rod connected to the other end of the power lever, brake applying means engaged by the power lever intermediate the ends thereof and closer to the pivotal connection of the lever and pedal, a valve for controlling the power cylinder positioned in the piston rod, a valve rod for actuating said valve, and a lever pivotal connection between said pedal lever and said valve rod.

HAROLD W. PRICE. 

